Anselm
By: by Sandra Visser and Thomas Williams.
Contributors: Williams, Thomas, 1967-
Series: Great medieval thinkers
Publisher: Oxford University Press; Oxford University Press, USA
Published: 2008
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 303
ISBN-13: 9780195309386; 9780195309393
Subjects: Anselm, -- Saint, Archbishop of Canterbury, -- 1033-1109.
Description: Sandra Visser and Thomas Williams offer a brief, accessible introduction to the life and thought of St. Anselm (c. 1033-1109). Anselm, who was Archbishop of Canterbury for the last 16 years of his life, is unquestionably one of the foremost philosopher-theologians of the Middle Ages.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: The reason of faith; title: Thought and language; title: Truth; title: The Monologion arguments for the existence of God; title: The Proslogion argument for the existence of God; title: The divine attributes; title: Thinking and speaking about God; title: Creation and the word; title: The Trinity; title: Modality; title: Freedom; title: Morality; title: Incarnation and atonement; title: Original sin, grace, and salvation.